The Birdwatching 101 class of the Wilmington Institute of Lifelong Learning went to Spring Valley this morning. The boardwalk area is always good for rails at this time of the year, but today was particularly noteworthy. We had 8 Soras and 4 Virginias, all very active and vocal. We also found a Caspian Tern who put on a great show plunge-diving for fish in the lake. Cheers, Bob -- Robert D Powell Congress Farm Research Institute Wilmington, OH, USA [log in to unmask] Nulla dies sine aves ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]